One of the neat things about blogging is your email feedback. I always appreciate and value your insights and suggestions to the things I write.
Returning from Tahoe, though, I was floored by an email response to my blog from an unexpected source. It was from Seth Mnookin, author of Feeding the Monster. I had written from Tahoe about the book and how I devoured it. Well, Seth found my comments and included them on his website promoting the book, in conjunction with the comments from another baseball-loving evangelist.
What a blessing to see a marked increase in web traffic, thanks to Seth Mnookin.
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This morning marks the culmination of my ministry in Marble Falls. Today is a day of emotions that span a vast spectrum. We will celebrate a baptism this morning. One of the young ladies who participated in our First Principles Day Camp, with the blessing of her mother, will be baptized this morning.
Yet, the celebration is mixed with regret. Regret that our ministry here was so short. Regret that our day-to-day relationship with Jimmy and Liz is being cut short.
To my Marble Falls family, please know that you join the Northside church, the Johnson Street church, the Sheridan church, the Pine Grove church, the Hurricane church, the Central church and the Village church as people who have invested in me. Every life touched by my ministry in the future will have the fingerprints of your investment in me on them.
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This year at Tahoe was a blast! When I left to come home, there had been seven baptisms and I fully expect there were more after I left! God's blessings abounded this year as the theme "Blessed Assurance...Secure Forever" touched the hearts and spiritual needs of people.
In the future, I'll be sharing with you a couple of kingdom initiatives that I will be participating in that will excite you. The opportunity to work in Fresno with the Woodward Park church is already opening doors for a wider outreach among people, both within the church as well as without.
In the meantime, though, a 23-hour drive west awaits. I covet your prayers as the next 28 days will include separation from my girls, the beginning of a new ministry opportunity, a trip east to speak in a back-to-school youth rally in Teays Valley, West Virginia, a seminar at the Cross Lanes, West Virginia church, and the 50th homecoming celebration for the Hurricane, West Virginia church. The calendar is full, the opportunities immense and I welcome your daily prayers in the month ahead.
